History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  Parthenon Roundtable: Which Person From History Deserves a Movie? October 5, 2023 - 51 min
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  Charlie Chaplin vs. America October 3, 2023 - 44 min
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  Joe McCarthy, the Hydrogen Bomb, and Ten Fateful Months That Kicked Off the Cold War September 28, 2023 - 40 min
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  The SAS Began as a Lie but Became Britain’s Most Elite WW2 Commando Unit September 26, 2023 - 51 min
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  Eyewitnesses of History Share Stories of the 1980 Miracle on Ice, Pablo Escobar, Jonestown, and Much More September 22, 2023 - 44 min
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  In 1864, Nine Union Officers Escaped from a POW Camp and Trekked 300 Miles to the North September 21, 2023 - 53 min
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  Teddy Roosevelt Nearly Died in a Cavalry Charge Against German Machine Guns in WW1 September 19, 2023 - 39 min
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  Beyond the Wall: What Life Was Really Like in East Germany September 14, 2023 - 43 min
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  How An Unlikely Cohort of Black Nurses at a New York Sanatorium Helped Cure Tuberculosis September 12, 2023 - 54 min
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  The Mississippi Was First Mapped by a Polyglot Priest and a College Dropout-Turned-Fur Trapper September 7, 2023 - 56 min

About History Unplugged Podcast

For history lovers who listen to podcasts, History Unplugged is the most comprehensive show of its kind. It's the only show that dedicates episodes to both interviewing experts and answering questions from its audience. First, it features a call-in show where you can ask our resident historian (Scott Rank, PhD) absolutely anything (What was it like to be a Turkish sultan with four wives and twelve concubines? If you were sent back in time, how would you kill Hitler?). Second, it features long-form interviews with best-selling authors who have written about everything. Topics include gruff World War II generals who flew with airmen on bombing raids, a war horse who gained the rank of sergeant, and presidents who gave their best speeches while drunk.

Meet your Host

Scott Rank is the host of the History Unplugged Podcast and a PhD in history who specialized in the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey. Before going down the academic route he worked as a journalist in Istanbul. He has written 12 history books on topics ranging from lost Bronze Age civilizations to the Age of Discovery. Some of his books include The Age of Illumination: Science, Technology, and Reason in the Middle Ages and History’s 9 Most Insane Rulers.. Learn more about him by going to scottrankphd.com.